XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On 1/24/2024 3:35 PM, knuttle wrote:   
   > On 01/24/2024 2:44 PM, Paul wrote:   
   >> On 1/24/2024 2:07 PM, knuttle wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> That is what my daughters keep telling me when I complain about the lack   
   of storage in the current computers.   On my 1TB drive I have right at 4GB   
   of data.  During the installation updates, the disk uses over a half a   
   terabyte to install the    
   update.   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes with a current computer I could buy a large external drive, but would   
   I have the external drive when I need access to it?   
   >>   
   >> The drive would be sitting on the table in its enclosure,   
   >> unplugged and waiting for you to plug it in. what   
   >> could be easier ?   
   > That assumes that you are sitting in your recliner in front of the TV or   
   equivalent.   I have a Portable Laptop that goes places with me, many times   
   on the spur of the moment.  ie I have to go over to the next building, or to   
   the church and need the    
   hard drive that is sitting beside my recliner.   
      
   The largest mainstream SSD drives tend to be 8TB.   
   That is for laptop storage solutions, whether NVMe   
   or SATA.   
      
   On laptops with a DVD drive, sometimes there is   
   a kit available, to take out the DVD drive and   
   replace it with an SSD. And this gives two drives   
   of storage.   
      
   There are workstation laptops, with four or more   
   storage devices inside. I have a local computer   
   store that sells "battleship" laptops the size of   
   airline luggage, with lots of bays for SATA and NVMe   
   SSD. And of course those machines have battleship pricing.   
      
   The market is defined by what can people afford,   
   versus what can technology build for us. Flash is   
   too expensive to really go nuts with the stuff.   
   The new Mushkin entry here, at 16TB, looks very   
   tasty -- but the price is not tasty. The 3.5" HDD   
   below the flash items, was thrown in for fun.   
      
   https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100011693%20601414343                          
   30TB     $4100   
   https://www.newegg.com/mushkin-enhanced-16tb-source-hc/p/N82E16820226965     
   16TB TLC $2500   
   https://www.newegg.com/samsung-8tb-870-qvo-series/p/N82E16820147784           
   8TB QLC $ 580   
      
   https://www.newegg.com/gold-wd221kryz-22tb/p/N82E16822234525                 
   22TB HDD $ 580   
      
   The machines in the room, have 4TB SSDs. They were a bit   
   cheaper when I got them last year.   
      
      Paul   
      
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